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yternative form of plug integral with Patented Nov. 9, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SMOKERS ARTICLE Emanuel Joseph Sohn, Bridgeboro, N. J. Application March 25, 1941, Serial No. 385,042

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My invention relates to smokers articles, such as pipes and holders for cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and other tobacco products for the consuming or smoking thereof. Y

*f An object of my invention is the provision of regulablemeans for mixing relatively 'cool and i smoke-'strength-attenuating air in with the smoke in any proportion suited to the individual smokers taste and need for a comfortable, cool smoke.

j Another object is the provision of a facilely insertable and removable plug.

Another object is to reinforce the ybit against excessive biting thereof by the smoker.

Another object is theprovision of means for facilely receiving the end of a. cigarette without mutilation particularly of the paper thereof.

Another object is the provision of a. removable bit.

Other objects and advantages present themselves during the course of examing this specification and the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a cigarette holder embodying my invention, dotted lines indicating a cigarette retained thereby, as well as a part of the face of a smoker using said cigarette holder".

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of said holder.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane 3-3 therein.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane 4 4 therein.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane 5-5 therein.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of two mutually separable parts, also shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, together constituting the mouth or seat retaining a cigarette at and by an endthereof.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of a removable bit, appearing also in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary, plan view of an ala certain liner in said holder.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken in the plane 9-8 therein.

Figure i0 is a perspective view of an alternative form of removable plug in association with a certain liner.

Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane II-II in Figure 2.

Referring to Figures 1 to 'I inclusive and 11, rotatable stem I2 is rotatably mounted on metal,

tubular liner I3, in turn mounting the relatively u As can be seen in ISL-190) non-rotatable stem I4 and bit I5, the numeral I6 indicating a perforated plug integral with .and extending from theftobacco-adjacent end of said liner, some of the perforations in said plug being indicated by the numerals i1. i y

The tobacco-adjacent end I8 of stem I2 is internally helically threaded to receive the two tapering, correspondingly helcally threaded half-Shanks I9 and 20 of thelongitudinally split mouth or seat, constituted of parts' 2l and 22, the smoke-passage thereof being .indicated by 23.v

The numeral 2li yindicates the smokers head in part, the numeral indicating the cigarette retained by and within said mouth or seat, the dotted lines 26 indicating thedisposition thereof when partly screwed out, extended or ,expanded to receive the end of said cigarette. y

Smoke-passage 23 communicates with perforations il, the combined areas of the latter being not less than that of the former, preferably. Liner i3 is provided with air-inlet port 21. Rotatable stern I2 is provided with thereto correspondingly dimensioned air-inlet port 28, bothV of said ports lbeing longitudinally correspondingly disposed, whereby the rotation of stem I2 around liner I3 can cause smoke-with-air passage 29 inside of liner I3 to communicate with the outside airv externally of stem I2 to the fullest extent conditioned by the size oi said airinlet ports or to a lesser extent thereof, or to a1- together prevent communication of passage 29 with said outside air;y

The intermediate smoke-passage interiorly of plug I6 is indicated by 30. Cross-sectionally regarded, smoke-with-air passage 29 is substantially at least equal in size to the combined size of smoke-passage 23 and air-inlet 21-28.

Referring to Figures 8 and 9, the alternative form of plug is indicated by 3i and the smokepassage thereof by 32, said plug being a therewith integral extension of liner I3.

In Figure 10, a novel form of partly flattened plug 33-36 provided With a therewithin disposed smoke-passage 35i is shown retained by and Withn -being securely gripped in the tobacco-adjacent end of metal, tubular liner 36, otherwise similar to liner I3. Obviously the flattened, tobacco-adjacent part 33 of plug 33-34 may be said to have an attenuated crosssectional forni, part 34 thereof being adapted to by twistingly removing plug 33-34 from or inserting it into liner 36. A removable plug is adapted to more thorough cleaning as Well as to replacement of parts of the article.

Figure 2, liner I3 extends into the mouth-adjacent end of the bit. The dis-- position of the metal linr at said end of the bit serves to considerably strengthen it thereat and considerably prolong the life thereof and make it resistant particularly against chewing thereof on the part of the smoker. It will be noted that my construction lends itself to particularly facile cleaning of the article in that the passages therein present a-minimum of corners' and sudden changes in direction.

Although'I feel I have illustrated my invention typically, it is obvious that other modifications within the spirit and scope thereof can readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art Without involving creative or inventive changes therein.

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, 1. A smokers articleV comprising a tobaccoproduct-holding, longitudinally split mouth having z two tapered, correspondingly helically threaded shank parts and corresponding tobaccoproduct-receiving parts, said shank parts being axially spaced from the tobacco-product-receiving parts of said split mouth, each of said shank parts being integral withfone of said receiving parts, which collectively have a circular crosssectional form.

' `3. A smokers article comprising a tobaccoproduct-holding, longitudinally split mouth having a plurality of tapered, correspondingly helically threaded shank parts and corresponding tobacco-product-receiving parts, said shank parts being axially spaced from the tobaccol product=`receiving parts of said split mouth. each of said shanirprnirtsy being yintegralwith one of said receiving parts, whinncoliectivdy have a circulai-crossfsectional .iorln.= v

4. A smokers articleeomprising a stem and a tobacco-productnaam, `umtmiirmliy ut mouth having a pliiralitgmt tapering-consenti# ingly helicallY threaded shank parte. the monthadjacent end of saidstem being correspondingly internally, threaded to receive seid shank parte im corresponding `tobacco-proiluct-recowing` and parts, said shank parte being the tobacco-productreceiving parte o! Said Pnt mouth, each of shank paris being integral with one oisaidreceiving mts, 'nich collectively have a circular cwsSr-chional farm. y

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